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Daisy Kenyon [videorecording (DVD)].

20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, c2008.

Fox film noir ; 23

[videorecording (DVD)].

1 videodisc (99 min.) : Dolby digital mono. sd., b&w ; 12 cm.

Based on the novel by Elizabeth Janeway.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1947.

Special features: Audio commentary by film noir historian Foster Hirsch ; "From journeyman to artist: Otto Preminger at Twentieth Century Fox" documentary ; "Life in the shadows: the making of 'Daisy Kenyon'" featurette ; interactive pressbook ; still galleries ; original theatrical trailer.

1.33:1 full frame.

In English with optional English, Spanish or French subtitles.

Closed-captioned.

[Presented by] Twentieth Century Fox ; screenplay by David Hertz ; produced and directed by Otto Preminger.

Joan Crawford, Dana Andrews and Henry Fonda with Ruth Warrick, Martha Stewart, Peggy Ann Garner, Connie Marshall, Nicholas Joy and Art Baker.

"Film noir, a classic film style of the '40s and '50s, is noted for its dark themes, stark camera angles and high-contrast lighting. Comprising many of Hollywood's finest films, film noir tells realistic stories about crime, mystery, femmes fatales and moral conflict. Joan Crawford, Dana Andrews and Henry Fonda deliver dazzling performances in this 'highly polished, slick triangle melodrama' (The Film Daily) based on the novel by Elizabeth Janeway, and directed by Otto Preminger! Daisy Kenyon (Crawford) is a lovelorn commercial artist caught in a romantic triangle with two men - one she loves but cannot have and one whose love she cannot return. While in an emotionally draining love affair with married attorney Dan O'Mara (Dana Andrews), who refuses to leave his wife, she meets returning army sergeant Peter Lapham (Henry Fonda) - a decent and gentle man - who instantly falls in love with here. Although she carries a torch for Dan, she knows Peter will give her the secure life she desires and she agrees to marry him. But when Dan divorces his wife, Daisy is suddenly torn between her obligations... and her passions."--Container.

Melodrama and tearjerker films

Films for the hearing impaired.

Janeway, Elizabeth. Daisy Kenyon.

Preminger, Otto.

Crawford, Joan, 1908-1977.

Andrews, Dana, 1909-1992.

Fonda, Henry, 1905-1982.

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